Myanmar's Min Aung Hlaing arrives in Thailand on 1st trip
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The pledge came as Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul hosted the country’s military-appointed president, Min Aung Hlaing, in Bangkok.
Next to a mound of black earth, Myanmar refugees feed soil and rice seed into a clacking conveyor machine that arranges them into ready-made planting trays for Thai farms.The farmworkers are among their Thai boss's newest employees,
Thailand's decision to host Myanmar's military leader comes a day after detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared publicly for the first time in years.
Thailand possesses clout as one of ASEAN’s largest economies and founding nations. Analysts believe that normalising bilateral ties with Thailand may be the ticket for Myanmar to get back into the ASEAN family.